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This DAV Podcast features an inspiring conversation with Chef Robert Irvine, a culinary maestro, television personality, author, and ardent advocate for veterans. Irvine shares his remarkable journey, from joining the Royal Navy at 15, to his rise as a celebrated chef who has cooked for royalty and heads of state. He discusses how his military service instilled in him invaluable leadership skills and a direct communication style that has propelled his diverse career, from cruise ship kitchens to founding successful food brands. Irvine also highlights his passion for giving back, particularly through his foundation, which focuses on the mental and physical well-being of veterans, and his involvement with DAV's Patriot Boot Camp, emphasizing the importance of community and mentorship for veterans transitioning into entrepreneurship.

DAV Patriot Boot Camp Director Nick Brophy discusses Sargent Initiatives' business and story with CEO Kristin Sargeant. Kristin is a DAV Patriot Boot Camp alum who now mentors other entrepreneurs. Listen now to learn more about this Army veteran's journey. 

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In the following episode of the Transition, I'm joined by Navy Veteran, Serial Entrepreneur, and Venture Capitalist, Josh Carter. Josh holds multiple roles in the venture space, including Director of Blue Ventures, a non-profit, strategic alliance formed to accelerate innovation and sustainability in support of an inclusive blue economy. Additionally, he's also a principal at 1859 Ventures, an Oregon based/focused industry agnostic $5M seed fund with a team of serial entrepreneurs focused on founders working on transformative solutions. Needless to say, Josh is a boss. He's no stranger to entrepreneurship, both as an operator, whose been in the trenches like many of you listening,  and ecosystem builder, holding leadership roles at entrepreneurial organizations, including CEO of Patriot Boot Camp, a nonprofit on a mission to equip active duty military members, Veterans, and their spouses with the education, resources, and community needed to be successful technology entrepreneurs.Be sure to subscribe to the Transition Newsletter on Substack here: https://bit.ly/37Bb8Ne

On this replay of The Jason Cavness Experience I talk to Josh Carter. Josh is a US Navy Vet, a serial entrepreneur, a speaker, a podcast host, and a mentor for early stage startups. Our Affiliates Close.com - If you hate your sales CRM or know that you inevitably need to make a change because what you have is not working, certainly check out Close. It's quick and easy to set up and sales rep adoption is extremely high! Give their trial a shot. PeopleKeep - If your company has 49 or fewer employees a PeopleKeep personalized benefits advisor can evaluate whether a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) is right for your business. Reach out today to get your questions answered. https://www.peoplekeep.com/cavnesshr Everee Payroll - Run payroll or contractor payments from anywhere in seconds with just one swipe on a mobile app. Focus on growing your business instead of on compliance. We remit, file and report on federal, state, local and unemployment insurance taxes, as well as handle your W2s and 1099s. https://offers.everee.com/cavness-hr CavnessHR - CavnessHR delivers HR companies with 49 or fewer people with our HR platform and by providing you access to your own HRBP. www.CavnessHR.com We talk about the following His Podcasts Operation Code 1859 Ventures When should founders switch from MVP/Product Market fit to all out scaling. Blue Ventures/Maritime Blue Innovation Accelerator at Washington Maritime Blue Josh's Bio Josh Carter is a US Navy Vet, a serial entrepreneur, a speaker, a podcast host, and a mentor for early stage startups. Born in the San Francisco Bay Area he spent time traveling the globe before settling into a career in telecom. For over 15 years he worked for companies like Pacific Bell, Google, and Twilio on a variety of large scale projects. Having started a number of companies he has led teams working on projects for companies like Disney, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Taco Bell, and many more. He led BrightWork, a developer infrastructure company, into top tier accelerator program Techstars and helped secure some venture funding. Josh also led a Techstars affiliated non-profit called Patriot Boot Camp where he was instrumental in creating new programs and partnerships. Today Josh hosts veteran and music focused podcasts and continues to work with early stage startups. He also hosts a monthly meetup for founders in the area called Coffee w/ Co-Founders. When he's not found at local meetups and events, you can find Josh with his family hiking or kayaking. Josh's Social Media 1859 VC: https://1859.vc/ Josh's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuajcarter/ Josh's Email: josh@1859.vc Veteran Founder Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/veteran-founder-podcast/id1451751700 The Five10 Podcast: http://thefive10.com Josh's Gift I would love to sit down with any listener who is thinking about starting a business or has a business. I'm happy to spend some time and talk to your listeners about their idea. Anybody that wants to chat with me, my email is just josh@1859.vc They can email me and I'll give them my calendar link so that they can book some time at their convenience. We'll sit down and figure out what you're working on. I'm happy to help. Josh's Advice I tell this a lot to founders, your business is a hypothesis, until someone gives you money, it's not a business. If you treat your business like a science experiment. Write down your hypothesis, collect data, be obsessed with collecting data. Put numbers on paper, numbers won't lie. If you do all that, you're gonna set yourself up for success. If you ignore the data or not be authentic about it, or if you compromise that in any way, then you're going to be in a path for failure.

On today's episode: DAV welcomes first new cohort for Patriot Boot Camp; Dayton Smoke-Free Ordinance to go into effect next month; every home to receive Altafiber in Kenton, Boone and Campbell Counties; and Kentucky ranks second worst for electric vehicle infrastructure. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

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DAV's recent acquisition of Patriot Boot Camp will connect service members, veterans and their spouses with resources and tools to bring their business to the next level.

On this episode of the Jason Cavness Experience I talk to Josh Carter. Josh is a US Navy Vet, a serial entrepreneur, a speaker, a podcast host, and a mentor for early stage startups. cavnessHR website: https://www.cavnessHR.com Jason's email: jasoncavness@cavnessHR.com   @cavnessHR   across social media   @jasoncavnessHR across social media   CavnessHR Crowdfunding Campaign   We are doing a rewards based crowdfunding campaign for CavnessHR starting March 2. We're doing this crowdfunding campaign to continue the build out of CavnessHR. Our rewards will include CavnessHR t-shirts, social media outreach for you and your company, ebooks, webinars and more. You can go to the CavnessHR Indiegogo link at   https://cavnesshr.co/crowdfunding   We talk about the following   His Podcasts   Operation Code   1859 Ventures   When should founders switch from MVP/Product Market fit to all out scaling.   Blue Ventures/Maritime Blue Innovation Accelerator at Washington Maritime Blue   Josh's Bio   Josh Carter is a US Navy Vet, a serial entrepreneur, a speaker, a podcast host, and a mentor for early stage startups. Born in the San Francisco Bay Area he spent time traveling the globe before settling into a career in telecom. For over 15 years he worked for companies like Pacific Bell, Google, and Twilio on a variety of large scale projects. Having started a number of companies he has led teams working on projects for companies like Disney, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Taco Bell, and many more. He led BrightWork, a developer infrastructure company, into top tier accelerator program Techstars and helped secure some venture funding. Josh also led a Techstars affiliated non-profit called Patriot Boot Camp where he was instrumental in creating new programs and partnerships. Today Josh hosts veteran and music focused podcasts and continues to work with early stage startups. He also hosts a monthly meetup for founders in the area called Coffee w/ Co-Founders. When he's not found at local meetups and events, you can find Josh with his family hiking or kayaking.    Josh's Social Media   1859 VC: https://1859.vc/   Josh's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuajcarter/   Josh's Email: josh@1859.vc   Veteran Founder Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/veteran-founder-podcast/id1451751700 The Five10 Podcast        http://thefive10.com   Josh's Gift   I would love to sit down with any listener who is thinking about starting a business or has a business. I'm happy to spend some time and talk to your listeners about their idea.   Anybody that wants to chat with me, my email is just josh@1859.vc   They can email me and I'll give them my calendar link so that they can book some time at their convenience. We'll sit down and figure out what you're working on. I'm happy to help.   Josh's Advice   I tell this a lot to founders, your business is a hypothesis, until someone gives you money, it's not a business. If you treat your business like a science experiment. Write down your hypothesis, collect data, be obsessed with collecting data. Put numbers on paper, numbers won't lie. If you do all that, you're gonna set yourself up for success. If you ignore the data or not be authentic about it, or if you compromise that in any way, then you're going to be in a path for failure. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's show, we have Taylor on from Techstars. They have built a fantastic program and this class that we will talk about today is all workforce-related and I can't wait to talk about that. We will hear about their Demo Day coming up on February 11th which has 12 different HR and TA tech startups.This program is incredible and is focused not only on workplace skills training but also on creating great connections and relationships.IntroductionsTaylor McLemore is Managing Director of the Techstars Workforce Accelerator. He is an entrepreneur, scale and growth executive, investor, venture advisor to family offices, and community builder. His past startups include Codeable and Patriot Boot Camp.Techstars is a worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. It was founded in 2016 to focus on helping entrepreneurs create a better world for everyone. They believe that collaboration drives innovation and that great ideas can come from anywhere. The Workforce program's mission is to enable human potential through work. They have a group of 12 companies that are in their current class doing just that.

Andrew and I discuss his business that he founded called Battle Rattle (www.battlerattle.us), Andrew is a Captain on active duty and is a West Point Graduate that started his business to ease the difficulty of finding uniform items for his body type (He is 6'8"). We talked about the SBA and Veteran Owned Businesses - https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/grow-your-business/veteran-owned-businessesWe talked about Patriot Boot Camp - https://patriotbootcamp.org/ one of the tools he used in founding his business. As well as Vet to CEO (https://www.vettoceo.org/) Great conversastion and I hope that Andrews story inspires your entrepreneurial spirit.

Jennifer Pilcher is the CEO of Patriot Boot Camp, entrepreneur, and a military spouse. She joins #NextGenWarrior from Annapolis, MD where we discuss her family's 24 years of military service, employment challenges facing military spouses, the tremendous growth of entrepreneurship among mil spouses, and the strength of the military/veteran entrepreneurship community.

Nine years ago, Taylor McLemore penned a blog article about how we, as a startup community,  could do more to support veterans. The “germ of that idea” came from family members who had been in the military, and Taylor's resulting passion  to “serve those who served.” Taylor was surprised when a tweet directed at Davod Cohen, one of the co-founders of Techstars got a very direct response. “Cool idea. What do you think we should do?” That call to action set the Patriot Boot Camp in motion. We asked Taylor to step into the Spotlight on the VeteranCrowd Network. So today Taylor McLemore is a venture builder, scale operator, community connector, and investor. He currently serves as the Managing Director of the Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator in Denver. And Taylor is also the founder and a board director for Patriot Boot Camp, the spawn of his blog post, the nonprofit that supports military veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs. Patriot Boot Camp programs have worked with more than 1,000 military veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs to build technology companies of impact and scale. These companies have raised more than $110 million in venture capital and created more than 2,000 jobs. I met Taylor in Chapel Hill in 2015 when I attended Patriot Boot Camp as a speaker and mentor for the first time. Over the course of additional PBC events in places like Detroit and Austin, I watched this weekend seminar have a profound impact on veterans and military spouses starting all manner of businesses. And I also grew to appreciate Taylor's talent  and passion for the military community. In this episode we cover: Conviction is a more powerful motivator than capital gain. Entrepreneurs are made, not born. The power of a team aligned on the right mission. The impact of  COVID 19 and the tech answers coming from it. Mentor driven entrepreneurial models and much more. And we talk about the impact of the Patriot Boot Camp - learn more at the PBC Web Page Techstars Techstars is a  global platform for investment and innovation. Founded in 2006, Techstars began with three simple ideas—entrepreneurs create the future, collaboration drives innovation, and great ideas can come from anywhere. Today the mission is to make innovation accessible to everyone, everywhere. Visit the Techstars web page More about Taylor McLemore You can see Taylor's Profile on LinkedIn Previously, Taylor was Managing Director of Able, a venture and product studio. While at Able, he was a co-founder and investment lead for Codeable, a coding school in Latin America. Taylor serves on the Colorado Banking Board. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Spanish, Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson College.

On this episode of the Jason Cavness Experience I talk to Taylor McLemore Managing Director of Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator cavnessHR website: https://www.cavnessHR.com Jason's email: jasoncavness@cavnessHR.com @cavnessHR  across social media @jasoncavnessHR across social media We talk about the following The idea behind Codeable. Patriot Boot Camp. The business of Techstars. When should a Founder stop? The Workforce Podcast. Accepting applications from non-profits to the next cohort. Taylor's Bio Taylor is a venture builder, scale operator, community connector, and investor. He is the Managing Director of the Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator. He supports founders building companies that enable human potential through work, investing across edtech, labor market solutions, and the future of work. Taylor was appointed by Governor Jared Polis and confirmed by the Colorado State Senate as a Public Member of the Colorado Banking Board, serving the consumer protection mission of DORA for the $56Bn+ state banking system. Previously, he was Managing Director of Able, a venture and product studio.  Taylor was responsible for Able's new venture and investing practice and all finance, legal, operations, and human resources functions for three offices on two continents while the company achieved 15x+ growth. While at Able, he was a co-founder and investment lead for Codeable, a coding school in Latin America. Taylor is the Founder and a Board Director of Patriot Boot Camp, a nonprofit built in partnership with Techstars and Governor Jared Polis. Patriot Boot Camp programs have worked with more than 1,000 military veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs to build technology companies of impact and scale. These companies have raised more than $110 million in venture capital and created more than 2,000 jobs. Previously, Taylor co-founded and was CEO of Prediculous, a social gaming company that participated in the 2013 cohort of Techstars Boulder.  Prior to that, Taylor worked in investment banking assisting in the arrangement of more than $12 billion in financing for leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. Taylor worked as a Vice President at Bank of America analyzing the more than $500 million of annual real estate occupancy expense for the Global Operations Council. Also while at Bank of America, he worked on the MBNA, Countrywide, and Merrill Lynch merger integrations.  Early in his career he was a venture capital analyst and hedge fund analyst. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Spanish, Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson College. During his undergraduate work, he studied at Universidad de San Lorenzo in Madrid, Spain. Taylor received the Kemp Scholar at Davidson College and studied the Adaptive Market Hypothesis and Efficient Market Hypothesis in Chile and Argentina.  Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator Applications for Non-Profits Information on applying as a non-profit and the application link is below. Application deadline is August 28. https://www.techstars.com/newsroom/now-accepting-nonprofit-applications-for-the-techstars-workforce-development https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2g4jeJuV10_oL-f0xKtAcdVOcZGvxTdtIh5LDqtg7KQyGUw/viewform Taylor's Social Media Taylor's Twitter: @taylormclemore Taylor's Website: https://www.taylormclemore.com/ Workforce Podcast: https://www.theworkforcepodcast.com/ Taylor's Advice One thing that I've been really trying to embrace, it's actually one of the values of TechStars. Which is quality over quantity. I feel like we live in a world dominated by quantity. If it's a digital world, we could spin that up to a million people, or 100 million people. I really am excited to focus on things where you can start with how do I drive quality. Quality of experience in what I'm building for one user or one client?  How do I think about how I'm spending my time instead of putting in a bunch of time and then am I thinking about the quality of it? Because in my experience, it's really hard to reverse engineer that after the fact. It's really hard to figure out quality after you've started. When you start with quality and you stay dedicated to quality. You can scale with quality. I've been thinking a lot about that. I would just share that idea for people to think about how it might apply to what they're doing in their lives and how they're investing their time. So hopefully that idea resonates. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, I talk with Army spouse Diana Jaquith of https://wiseadviseteam.com (WISE Advise + Assist Team). When Diana and WISE co-founder and fellow military spouse Laura Early met, they found synergy in their complementary skills, and ended up starting their business while coworking in a Panera Bread cafe. We discuss the ins and outs of being in business with a partner and how “good conflict” is helpful. I have personally utilized the services at WISE, and I offer a glimpse into how that has benefited me as a business owner. Diana identifies several resources that have helped her build and grow WISE, including the Georgia SBDC GrowSmart program, Patriot Boot Camp, and business leadership guru Patrick Lencioni. We also talk about how WISE Advise + Assist Team is a great resource for skilled military spouses who are looking to make some money as an independent contractor without going all-in as a business owner. Local & Civilian Resources: Georgia SBDC GrowSmart (also available in other locations) https://www.tablegroup.com/ (Patrick Lencioni) Military-Specific Resources: https://patriotbootcamp.org/ (Patriot Boot Camp) Diana's Contact Information: Business Name: WISE Advise + Assist Team Website: https://wiseadviseteam.com/ (https://wiseadviseteam.com) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wiseadviseteam/ (https://www.facebook.com/wiseadviseteam/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wiseadviseteam/ (https://www.instagram.com/wiseadviseteam/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-jaquith/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-jaquith/)

Patriot Boot Camp CEO Jen Pilcher joins Eric to talk about the Patriot Boot Camp story and mission. Please visit Patriot Boot Camp and www.patriotbootcamp.org.Support the show (http://www.leaderlivinglife.com)

About Patriot Boot Camp Empowering Entrepreneurship Patriot Boot Camp is a 501c nonprofit on a mission to assemble and activate an inclusive community that advances veterans and military spouses in their mission to become creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs leading the new economy. PBC’s core program is an intensive 3-day technology entrepreneurship boot camp modeled after […]

You want to start a business but how are you going to pay for it? What type of business are you going to start? Is a service-based business? Or is it a product based business.  My guest today is here to break down your business funding options and the business types they work best for. This is the third part of my series on military entrepreneurship.  Brandon Shelton is a strategy leader, a problem solver and a relationship builder. He led the grassroots effort that became Task Force X, a driven network of experts and advisors that evaluate talent and develop entrepreneurs and businesses. A veteran entrepreneur himself, Brandon first founded T2 Growth Advisors to help teams design and activate strategic frameworks to reach their goals. Brandon developed his financial, strategic and operational skills through various experiences in high intensity and change environments from the military after 9/11 to Wall Street in 2008. Using military principles, Brandon helped client teams grow while a partner at a boutique strategy consulting firm with his largest client hiring him to drive growth, expansion and technology changes at a multi-billion dollar company in North America. Brandon founded T2 Growth Advisors to connect these skills to startups and small businesses. He also is a Board Director at NAVSO, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of veterans and military families and a Board Director at StreetShares Foundation, America’s small business funding community. And last but not least, Brandon is also one of my mentors from Patriot Boot Camp. In this episode, Brandon shares with us the common ways to fund a business, what venture capital is and how to figure out what the best funding for your business.  Show notes

Today starts the entrepreneurship series I'm doing on military entrepreneurship. There are a lot of people thinking about starting a business but don't know where to start or the help the can get to start a business.  In this series, I’m going to be talking with entrepreneur experts from all over the military community. We’ll be talking about how to get training to start your business, how to pay for your business and the different types of businesses you can start plus a bunch more. My guest today, Jen Pilcher is here to help me kick it all off. Jen Pilcher is the CEO of Patriot Boot Camp and the founder of MilitaryOneClick and Milspousefest. She is one of the nation’s foremost thought leaders on engaging the military and veteran communities. Through 15+ years of marketing and media experience and as a Navy spouse, she develops outreach programs and authentic content that empower the lives of service members, veterans and military spouses. Jen and I talk about what Patriot Boot Camp is, who it’s for, and how it can help kick start your entrepreneurial journey. Show notes

Join us Wednesday as we talk with a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold one company and now taking on a new Mission. Jen Pilcher, Founder of MilitaryOneClick and now CEO of Patriot Boot Camp, whose mission is to advance veterans and military spouses in their mission to become creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs leading the new economy. https://patriotbootcamp.org/ Tips for Entrepreneurs: Be Prepared to Rock your Plan B Know your Numbers Exits take a while If you are a Military Spouse or Veteran entrepreneur, this is the show for you. #militaryspouse #veteran #veterans #entrepreneur#militaryspouses #military #smallbusiness #pitchdeck Military Spouse Central

I’m excited to share this episode with you today. It’s not so much on the money side but it’s something I found very interesting so I thought you might as well. I’m always interested in careers people start after military Service. And my guest today, Paul Jun from Filmocracy has a great one. Paul and I met as attendees of Patriot Boot Camp where I had to opportunity to hear his story. If you are thinking about getting into the movie industry or want to understand how it all works, this is a great episode for you. Plus you’ll hear about Filmocracy and how it’s changing the way films reach people. We also talk about the costs of creating films and how you make money at it.

Join us Wednesday as we talk with a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold one company and now taking on a new Mission. Jen Pilcher, Founder of MilitaryOneClick and now CEO of Patriot Boot Camp, whose mission is to advance veterans and military spouses in their mission to become creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs leading the new economy. https://patriotbootcamp.org/ Tips for Entrepreneurs: Be Prepared to Rock your Plan B Know your Numbers Exits take a while If you are a Military Spouse or Veteran entrepreneur, this is the show for you.

Patriot Boot Camp offers a series of programs under the Techstars banner that gives military veterans the tools and connections to launch a tech startup. Did you know that military vet entrepreneurs are twice as likely to be operating their businesses after five years of operation? And like all startups should know, only 10 percent actually stick around and go on to succeed. So why are military vets more likely to stay in business? Some of the biggest companies in the US were founded by military veterans like Nike, GoDaddy and FedEx. Vets have historically been successful at starting their own businesses, dating back to after WWII (where 50% of veterans-owned businesses), but vet entrepreneurship has been on a steady decline over the years, now with only 5.6% veteran-owned businesses in the US. This is because vets don’t have access to resources and supportive communities like they did after WWII. Today’s GI Bill doesn’t provide military and vets with access to low-interest loans to start businesses (like the GI Bill did during World War II). Patriot Boot Camp (PBC) is on a mission to turn these numbers around by empowering veterans to use the skills attained from operating in a high stress, demanding environments and translate them into successful business ideas of their own. PBC has already helped over 750 entrepreneurs start successful businesses, with alumni raising over $70M in capital and creating over 1,300 jobs during its six years of operation. Alumni accomplishments range from appearances on ABC’s Shark Tank, acceptance to top venture accelerators like TechStars and Y Combinator and seven successful alumni company acquisitions. Josh Carter, CEO of Patriot Boot Camo discusses the gaps in entrepreneurial support that military veterans often encounter and much more in today's tech podcast

This is episode is a snapshot of a three day event, a Veteran Hackathon put on by Patriot Boot Camp here in Washington D.C. This event was incredible, the amount of time and dedication by these Vets, Vet Spouses, and Civilians was intense. For more information Patriot Boot Camp and the next Technology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp in Denver Co visit www.patriotbootcamp.org. You can also learn more about the next Hackathon in Seattle, WA October 19-21 at http://vethacks.org.   Participants: Sam Altman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-altman-8427384/ Bernhard “Ber” Kirchner - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernhard-kirchner/ Jameel Matin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameelmatin/ or learn more about Operation Code at https://operationcode.orgMichael Irtmer - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelertmer/ Kerri Leigh Grady - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerri-leighgrady/ Kimberly McCaffrey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-m-mccaffrey/ Justin Johnson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elofjohnson/ Yool-Bin  U. - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yool-bin-u-31b0b688/

Today's show is with Taylor Mclemore, Founder and Director of Patriot Boot Camp, which was founded as a volunteer effort organized under the startup accelerator Techstars to address the gaps in support of military members, Veterans, and their spouses that they encounter as technology entrepreneurs. And this whole effort began with a simple blog post. Learn how you can leverage some of these tools for your own journey. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.

SUMMARY: Welcome to Remove Before Flight where we help prepare Veterans to start, grow or scale a business. Every Sunday Kevin will share an interview with a successful business owner, or a service organization which can help you along your journey, when possible the interviewee will also be a veteran or Remove Before Flight will feature a marketing training to help you make you business a success.  If you liked this episode please share with your friends and family!   In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Charlotte Creech from Patriot Bootcamp a great resource for any veteran entrepreneurs in the tech space. Join us next week to continue our series on SEO.   IN THIS PARTICULAR EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: What is Patriot Boot Camp Why as a Veteran Tech Entrepreneur PBC is a must Struggles Our Military Community Faces During Transition The Importance of Mentorship to Help You Picking the Right Business Partners   LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Patriot Boot Camp EarQ Schedule a FREE Hearing Screening Veterans and Hearing Loss Veterans Hearing Study   Book A Call With Kevin (Veterati) Be A Guest on Remove Before Flight Hire Kevin for your Website or Marketing Needs Veteran Entrepreneur Mastermind PinkTie Technology Group Social Media Posting Plans  - Coupon Code: RBF-001   Give back to Veterans who give back to Veterans!    Hey, It's Eddie and Bennett! Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening! Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section or you can leave me a message about this episode by going to http://ChangeYourPOV.com/AskEddie   If you enjoy the show I sure hope you'll subscribe and download a bunch of episodes on iTunes.   All these shows are free to download and listen to and we don't ask for donations or anything to create this show. But if you'd like to totally make our day... we would be forever grateful if you would be so kind as to leave an honest review on iTunes.   If you are new to reviews and need a little help, you can go to LEAVE A REVIEW and we will walk you through that step-by-step. Thank you in advance for doing that!  – plus, we read each and every one of them! Please share this episode with your friends and family!  

popsmoke.net/38 - Meet Tak Lo Startup Ronin. Thinker, Operator. Formerly Director Techstars London, ex-Founder/CEO(x2), USArmy Enlisted, London Business School, University of Chicago. Triathlete. In today's episode, Tak answers: How'd you prepare for your TechStars Patriot Boot Camp talk? - Why did you decide to leave TechStars London? - What are the main differences between startups in TechStars US and startups in TechStars London? - What's one of the most interesting companies you came across at TechStars? - At TechStars Patriot Boot Camp, you said you had failed at 2 ventures. What's the main thing you learned from each of those experiences? - What's a challenge you're experience right now in either life or business? - What's something you wish you can delegate? -What do you love most about being a veteran entrepreneur? - What would you say your greatest strength is? - What's your favorite thing to do in the world? - What's your definition of success? - How do you know if you're on the brink of burning out? And what do you do to prevent it? Discussion Questions, Comment Below: - Say you were on Donald Trump's Apprentice, and Trump tasked you with creating and hosting your own podcast. What would your podcast be about? Comment below! - If you can have lunch with anyone in the world, who would it be and what would you ask them? Surprising answer from Tak. Watch video above and then comment below with your response. Thanks again for checking out The PopSmoke Show. Make sure to subscribe to learn about the latest veterans on the go. Hey, do me a favor, after you check out the show please leave an honest iTunes Rating and Review. Your review will make my day and help the show get discovered by awesome, like-minded people like yourself. You can leave your name (and website if you have one) if you would like a shoutout during an episode. Leave your review on iTunes at popsmoke.net/review.